Amended
1-23-020 Ineligibilty to do Business with the City (QUALIFICATIONS RELATING TO CITY BUSINESS OR CITY BENEFITS)
2-56-030 Inspector General — Powers and Duties (DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION)
2-92-320 Ineligibilty for City Transactions — Other Offenses (DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASES, CONTRACTS AND SUPPLIES)
2-173-005 Purpose and Intent (WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE)
2-173-010 Definitions (WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE)
2-173-050 No Private Cause of Action (WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE)
4-244-140 Prohibited Districts (PEDDLERS)
7-38-117 Mobile Food Vehicle Stands Program (FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS — SANITARY OPERATING REQUIREMENTS)

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are increasingly incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their asset analyses. What’s more, studies have shown a strong correlation between firms that report these non-financial factors and the profitability of property owners and operators.

Real estate plays a pivotal role in determining public and environmental health. In the United States, commercial and residential real estate accounts for around 40% of both total electricity use (or roughly 39 quadrillion Btus) and carbon emissions. More and more, investors consider these risk factors. As a result, they are seeking better reporting of the ESG performance of their investments.Read more

The Chicago City Council has made changes to the following sections of the Chicago Municipal Code.

Added
4-384-170 Animal Shelter Cafe Permit (ANIMAL CARE)
7-32-032 Use Of Smokeless Tobacco at Sites for Professional and Amateur Baseball and Other Sporting Events Prohibited (CHICAGO INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE OF 2008)

Innovation is a crucial part of the green building movement. Year after year, renewables come down in price, mechanical systems become more efficient and the stock of sustainably sourced materials grows more diverse. Without these technological advancements, the share of the construction sector devoted to sustainability would likely equal that of yak skin yurts.

So, what if you apply that innovative thinking to other aspects of the design-build environment? That’s the idea behind a new trend: performance-based procurement. First developed by the Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory, performance-based procurement is an approach that sets into motion higher energy efficiency in a building before a shovel ever meets dirt.Read more

Like other global cities, Chicago faces many challenges at the outset of the 21st Century. Overcoming these requires an ability to be resilient, to bounce back from adversity and to over-prepare for eventual hardship. To help in this fight, Aaron Koch has been named the first Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) in Chicago.Read more